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Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Kenya Kii AA, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Kii AA; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Kii AA; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Kenya Kii AA; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇰🇪Kenya · Kirinyaga

Kenya Kii AA

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsKenyaKirinyagaNot published by Intelligentsia for this releaseWashedGrapefruitArabicaSingle originAAKii Factory (wet mill)Intelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)Variety undisclosed
🇰🇪KenyaWashed
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇰🇪Kenya
Region
Kirinyaga
Town
—
Farm / Station
Kii Factory (wet mill)
Farmer / Producer
Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
AA
Variety
Not published by Intelligentsia for this release; catalog variety fields were not promoted without primary exact-release confirmation
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
ruby red grapefruit, persimmon, cranberry
Fermentation
Pulped coffee was fermented before washing; Intelligentsia does not publish the duration.
Drying
Raised beds; parchment was turned during the day and covered at night.
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • individual farmsThe exact release represents deliveries from an unspecified portion of Rungeto's smallholder members; their individual farms are not named.
  • varietyThe exact Intelligentsia article does not publish the cultivar or cultivar mix for this release; catalog values were not promoted.
  • altitude mThe exact release does not publish a lot-specific elevation.
  • harvestThe exact release does not publish a harvest window.
  • fermentation durationFermentation before washing is documented, but the duration and vessel are not published.
  • roast levelNo conventional light, medium or dark roast label is published for the exact release.
  • public sentiment ratingNo qualifying independent tasting or rating was verified for Intelligentsia's exact release.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Kenya Kii AA
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Not published by Intelligentsia for this release; catalog variety fields were not promoted without primary exact-release confirmation
  5. 05
    The farm
    Kii Factory (wet mill)
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society
  7. 07
    The region
    Kirinyaga
  8. 08
    The country
    🇰🇪Kenya
From the producer

Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society owns Kii Factory. Intelligentsia reported 850 members, but did not state how many contributed to this exact lot.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia’s February 2024 release documents smallholder deliveries to Kii Factory, a washed process, slow covered raised-bed drying, and ruby red grapefruit, persimmon, and cranberry notes.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

The Kii factory is a high-performing wet mill operated by the Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society, situated at the base of Mt. Kenya. It is recognized for its precise processing methods, including double washing and slow drying on raised beds, which contribute to the consistent quality of its AA grade output.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Corrected the relationship type

Cleared the farm relationship because Kii Factory is a cooperative wet mill serving Rungeto member smallholders, not an individual farm.

02
Preserved exact identities

Retained Kii Factory as the named processing site and Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society as the producer organization.

03
Verified release details

Added the $23 / 340 g archived offer, AA grade, washed workflow, slow raised-bed drying and exact roaster tasting notes.

04
Sentiment kept empty

Excluded Cherrybook's sparse index, roaster-wide signals and reviews of Kii AA roasted by other companies.

What was added?

Correct AA grade, structured price and currency, refreshed availability and a provenance-safe wet-mill relationship.

What wasn't added?

No individual farms, current farmer count, exact cultivar mix, point altitude, harvest window, fermentation duration, conventional roast level or public cup score.

Why it matters

The profile now credits cooperative smallholders and their processing site without presenting a wet mill as a farm.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia named ruby red grapefruit, persimmon and cranberry; these are roaster notes, not our tasting.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/blogs/stories/kenya-kii-aa
  • · https://cherrybookcoffee.com/coffee/intelligentsia-kenya-kii
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-30) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

Cherrybook is an exact-release catalog source but reports no Coffee Review score, exact YouTube review, shop rating or Cherrybook rating. Its 63 CBI is explicitly a sparse evidence-of-quality index built largely from roaster-wide signals, not a cup score. Reviews of Kii AA roasted by The Barn and other roasters were excluded as different roasted products.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Kii Factory (wet mill) →Meet the farmer: Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society →
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